By Kebba AF Touray
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Republic of the Gambia, Seedy Keita, has urged the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to consider extending support to both Muslim and non-member countries.
Minister Keita made the above statement in a speech delivered on Monday 12th January 2025, at the Governors’ consultation retreat on IsDB Group’s ten-year Strategic Framework (2026-2035) in Al-Madinah Al Munawara, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“For the Bank’s aspirations for the next ten years, the statement should include extending support to Muslims in non-member countries,” Finance Minister Keita urged IsDB.
The IsDB’s strategic framework, he said, should be anchored on the principle of Islamic Finance and South-South cooperation. He added that the Bank should continue to be “a listening Bank” that it has been, where its surgical interventions are aligned with the development aspirations of member countries. Mr. Keita said this would be a unique selling proposition, calling on the bank to do away with conditionality while aligning with the national development agenda of member countries.
